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US shadow wars rely on drones, computers
After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile.
Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists with no pilot in harm's way. Small teams of special operations troops quietly train and advise foreign forces. Viruses sent from computers to foreign networks strike silently, with no American fingerprint.
Tags: DoD , cybersecurity
US declassifies attacks in Yemen, Somalia
The White House is partially lifting the lid of secrecy on its counterterrorism campaign against al-Qaida in Yemen and Somalia by formally acknowledging for the first time that it is conducting lethal attacks in those countries.
Tags: Yemen , Domalia , DoD , CIA
Pressure builds for civilian drone flights at home
Civilian cousins of the unmanned military aircraft that have tracked and killed terrorists in the Middle East and Asia are in demand by police departments, border patrols, power companies, news organizations and others wanting a bird's-eye view that's too impractical or dangerous for conventional planes or helicopters to get.
CBP expands drone presence
The new Predator-B Unmanned Aerial System will be the fourth launched at at the National Air Security Operations Center in Sierra Vista, Ariz., and the second of two aircrafts earmarked in an August 2010 budget supplemental.
Tags: Predator B , CBP , DHS
'Backpack-able drones' could soon be deployed to troops on ground
Steven Gitlin, vice president of Aerovironment, which creates the backpackable drone — formally known as the Switchblade Agile Munition Systems — joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss how it works.
Tags: Steven Gitlin , Aerovironment , UAVs , Federal Drive , Army , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , contracting , industry
Pentagon working to deal with drone data
Recent report in The New York Times explains how.
Tags: technology , management , DoD , Pentagon , New York Times , Christopher Drew
Military: Computer virus wasn't directed at drones
The computer virus that hit the Pentagon's drone program last month was not directed at the military systems but was common malware used to steal log-ins and passwords used in online gaming, military officials said Wednesday.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive , cybersecurity , Air Force Space Command
Strike or Not
So did US drones kill Usama Bin Laden's son Saad? Words like probably and likely are being used to address the question. Why? Intelligence sources close to the situation say when people are killed in missile strikes, the only way to identify them is to test the DNA at the scene. Problem is in some countries for a number of reasons. DNA testing is not allowed. So, without a body, there's no way to say for sure that he was killed or even there.
Tags: technology , Pentagon , Bin Laden , Saad , US , intelligence , DNA
CBP drones patrolling US borders
Tags: security , technology , CBP , John Stanton
Rogue drone attacks could be new cybersecurity threat
UCLA professor John Villasenor told Federal News Radio how hacked unmanned aerial vehicles could be the new face of cybersecurity threats.
Tags: John Villasenor , technology , ucla , Brookings Institution , In Depth , Francis Rose , cybersecurity , drone , cyber-physical attacks , Jack Moore
